HOSPICE HOPE

Registered charity 1169561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Bright Hope in North West Leicestershire

Bright Hope offers a range of non-clinical, therapeutic and social care services in North West Leicestershire.The charity supports adults who have a life limiting condition, or one that leads to a significant reduction in quality of life, as well as offering support to their partner, carer or family.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONGST PERSONS WITH LIFE LIMITING ILLNESS AND THEIR CARERS IN NORTH WEST LEICESTERSHIRE:A) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND SUPPORT SERVICESB) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF PASTORAL CAREC) THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO SUPPORT SUCH INDIVIDUALS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North West Leicestershire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Bright Hope held £83,207 in unrestricted reserves and £80,797 in restricted reserves at the end of the period. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention that would cause them to believe the accounts were not prepared in accordance with applicable regulations. The trustees reported that income exceeded expectations, supported by significant grants and fundraising activities.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• National Lottery Community Fund — “National Lottery Community Fund Funding received for several initiatives” (source page)
• Severn Trent — “Severn Trent Funding received towards core costs.” (source page)
• Sports England — “Sports England Funding received for wellbeing activities” (source page)
• Getting Help in Neighbourhoods — “Provided funding towards our counselling service” (source page)
• NWL Community Lottery — “NWL Community Lottery Grant provided for outdoor furniture at Bright Hope House” (source page)
• Duncan & Toplis — “Duncan & Toplis Funding received for staffing costs 2026” (source page)
• The Star Trust — “The Star Trust Provided funding for Seated Exercise and Complimentary Therapy” (source page)
• The Finnis Scott Foundation — “The Finnis Scott Foundation Grant received to fund our sensory garden” (source page)
• Sir George Earle Benevolent Fund — “Sir George Earle Benevolent Fund Kind donation” (source page)
• Helen Jean Cope Charity — “Helen Jean Cope Charity Provided support towards to support café” (source page)
• Bloor Homes — “Generously financed by Bloor Homes, including most of the fittings and furniture, Bright Hope House was built by A&H Construction and Develo…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Angus Bennion
• Dr Lesley Notghi
• Gillian Hoult
• Janette Shepherd
• ROY ALAN STOBBS
• Sarah Beggan
• Stewart Shepherd · trustee of 2 other charities
• Timothy Anderson

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LIVING HOPE CHURCH (TEESSIDE).

• LIVING HOPE CHURCH (TEESSIDE) income £38k
• FILWOOD HOPE LTD income £107k
• GROWING HOPE YORK income £53k
• NORTHAMPTON HOPE CENTRE income £1.3m
• PROSPECT HOSPICE LIMITED income £8.7m
• HOPE GB income £135k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.